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To be honest, everyone thinks the diet that worked for them is great, and all the other ones are bullshit.

Most people will lose weight on any restrictive diet they stick to. Most people can't stick to a diet.

His comment could have been made without mention of his having dieted.

Yeah, but in my experience, the people going around saying "calories are stupid" are invariably supporters of low carb diets. (Because no one else cares.)

I think smackfu is referring to folks not being able stick tot he low carb / no grain diet.

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